This Advent I am beginning again the practice of Centering Prayer This time I am inspired by David Frenette rsquo s fine book The Path of Centering Prayer Deepening Your Experience of God In his work Frenette develops the teaching of his mentor Fr Thomas Keating the founding father of the

In the middle of my third year in law school when I was starting to stress over the bar exam and all the things that still had to get done before I could start my career I read words from Cardinal John Henry Newman that rattled the panes of my soul nbsp nbsp The words are from his sermon quot

Cape Cod MA Like many of you I have had some time a bit fragmented in the past week to read Pope Francis rsquo apostolic exhortation ldquo The Joy of the Gospel rdquo Hectic days at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Baltimore nearly 10 000 in attendance and some t

When Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in Tunisia on Dec. 17, 2010, the Arab Spring began. Now, three years later, the results hoped for in Middle East have not been realized.

A poem by Jessica Powers from The Second “America” Book of Verse, a collection of the best of America poetry, 1930 to 1955.

Announcing a two-year collaborations between 'America' and the American Bible Society

The following is a guest post from our intern Nicholas Sawicki The Ignatian Educator welcomes guest contributions from writers scholars teachers students parents or administrators who are interested in joining the conversation about Catholic education Contributors may send guest blog posts to

Kathleen Sprows Cummings on building ‘a profound theology of womanhood’ for the 21st century